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21 de agosto de 2026

511

«Ho sempre pensato che il design inicia dove i processi razionali finiscono e dove inizia la magia.»

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (1917-2007)

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (1967), Molto difficile da dire, Adelphi, Milano, 2019, p. 63.
Questa citazione ha raggiunto la massima risonanza pubblica quando è diventata il motto ufficiale, l'introduzione e il filo conduttore della mostra monografica “Ettore Sottsass, l'objet magique”, Centre Pompidou, Parigi, 2021-2022.

19 de agosto de 2026

510

«Creo que el arco iris es una metáfora muy hermosa de la magia. Es algo que existe, es verdad, está ahí, pero que es una ilusión al mismo tiempo. Si hubiera un niño viendo el arco iris diría 'papá quiero cogerlo'. Y le diría 'no, mira, no se puede tocar'. La magia es igual, es una ilusión, y yo lo que trato es de vivirlo dentro de mí, trato de que lo vivamos durante un tiempo y yo espero, deseo, quiero, imagino, gozaría con que los espectadores se lleven un poquito de ese arco iris y lo puedan aplicar luego en la dura vida diaria.»

Juan Tamariz (1942-2026)

Juan Tamariz reinventa su magia potagia, por Fátima Elidrissi, El Mundo, 09/10/2016.

31 de mayo de 2024

455

«What is good design in your eyes?»

«The nearest I have ever come to defining good design is that it is simply 98 per cent common sense. But what makes the subject so interesting is the other two per cent, what you may call aesthetics. Many products are demonstrably good, but those with that extra two per cent have a magic ingredient that places them in another category altogether – it is the difference between something that is perfectly acceptable and something that is so special that everybody wants to own it.»

«When the magic ingredient is present, the whole quality of life is improved. Good design gives you pleasure and improves the quality of all our lives through products that work well, are affordable and look beautiful. As Corbusier said, good design really is simply intelligence made visible.»

Sir Terence Conran (1931-2020)

Interview: Sir Terence Conran on Democratising Good Design, The Design Sheppard, February 1, 2012. Contribución de Cristina Fernández Marcos, Taller de Diseño, Universidad de Navarra, 28 mayo 2024.

16 de septiembre de 2023

423

«Realismo mágico, definitivamente no, porque en mis obras nada es mágico. Yo pinto cosas improbables, pero no imposibles. En mis cuadros nadie vuela y no suceden cosas inverosímiles. El arte es siempre una exageración en algún sentido, en el color, en la forma, aún en el tema, pero siempre fue así.»

Fernando Botero (1932-2023)

Fernando Botero: "En mis cuadros nadie vuela", Raúl Rivero, El Mundo, 20/08/2016.

10 de julio de 2022

399

«The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.»

Eden Phillpotts.

Eden Phillpotts, “A Shadow Passes”, 1919.
This saying was credited to the philosopher Bertrand Russell and to the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. However, there is no substantive evidence that Russell or Yeats created this saying. QuoteInvestigator believes that the original statement was crafted by an English author and playwright named Eden Phillpotts. The quote appeared in a 1919 book titled “A Shadow Passes” that contained a collection of vignettes depicting scenes in nature.
Photo: Menyanthes trifoliata, Arnstein Rønning, 2011.

16 de junio de 2020

329

«The function of design should not be about whether it is practical or not. Enchantment should also be considered a function.»

Shiro Kuramata (1934-1991)

As quoted by Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), LinkedIn, 09 June 2020.